Adjustable swinging gate



U NITED STATES PATENT OEFICEO' WILLIAM B. THOMAS, on GREEN CAMP, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SWNGNG GATE.

SPECIPICATION formiug part of Letters Ptent No. 374,856, dated December 13, 1857. Application filed September Q, 1887. Serial No. 249,224. (No model.)

g invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beig had-to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my new and improved swinging and adjustable gate, showing the gate in its lowernost position. Fg. 2 is a side view of the same, showing the gate raised; and Fig. 3 is a detail View of the hingebar.

The sane letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention consistsin a new and improved swinging and adjustable gate, which may be readily raised and lowered and secured in its adjusted position to swing open and close at the height to which it is adjusted; and my invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. v

Refer-ing to the several parts by letter, A and B indicate the fence posts between which my new and improved. gate is hung, A indicating the post to which the gate is latched by means of any suitable form of latch, which forms no part of my present invention, and B the post to which the gate is hinged, and which may be denominated the hinge-post. This hinge-post B is higher than the latch-post A, and its side which is next to the gate is beveled longitudinally at each cornerof the said side, as shown at B for the purpose hereinafter specified, while the same side of the post is beveled from a point about level With the upper end of the hinge-bar of the gate back and np to its upper end, as shown, so that the upper end of this post is less than one-half as thick through in that direction-as its lower end. 4

O indicates the gate, which may be of any desired and suitable construction, the one that I have here shown' being of a plain rectangular form. To the rear stile of this gate is sej cured the longitudinal hinge-bar D,whih extends uplongitudinallyat the back of the said stile, this bar or rod being nearly as long as the stile and being provided at its lower end and also at a point near its upper end with arms D', the said arms extending at right angles'to the body of the barand being adapted to pass through transverse apertnres O' G" in the gate-stile toward the upper and lower ends of the same. These arms D' D' are screwthreaded, as shown, to adapt nuts E E to be ,screwed on each toward their inner ends be: fore they are inserted through the apertnres G' C' and to enable Similar nuts, F F, to `be screwed on their outerends on the inner side of the`stile,.by which means the hinge bar or rod is firmly secured to the gate.

` The arms D' D' may be secured to the rod g or'bar D in any suitable manner; but I prefer to construct the bar and its arms in one piece, as shown in the aceompaying drawings, the bar being there shown with its lower end bent in at right angles to form the lower threaded arm, D',while the upper parallel armis for'med or cast integral With it, andthe upper end of the rod D rises above this upper arm and is formed with an eye or transverse perforation, D V In the hinge-post B are secured the two eyebolts G G, the threaded stems of which pass through transverse apertures in the said post, one above the other, as shown, and are held in position in the said post by means of nuts H H, screwed on their projecting rear ends. The hinge-rod D of the gate passes through these eyes between the upper and lower parallel arms D' D', as shown, by which means the gate ishinged to the post B, and to the upper perforated end of the hinge rod or bar D is secured the lower end of an adjnsting-chain, l, of suitable length. Nowin the beveled upper end of the hinge-post B, back of the central line of thevpost, is secured a hook, J, and

by thus beveling the upper end of the hinge-` post' I am 'enabled to place the supportinghook J immediately over the center of the width of the hinge-post.

In operation the gate may be raised to any height until the lower arm, D', comes in contact with the lower eye, G, of the hinge-post, and is secured .in its adj usted position by hook- IOO ing one of the links of the chain I over the hook J, when the gate will be held in its raised or adjusted position and ean be swung easily to either side,- opening both Ways; and the corners of the rear side of the rear gate-stile are beveled longitudinally, as shown at C, and as the longitudinal corners of that side of the hinge-post B next to the gate are also beveled, as before stated, it Will be seen that the gate can be swung open either way past right angles with the fence, as will be readily understood. 4

The gate may-be raised to any intermediate point between its lowermost and highest positions, and secured at such point by hooking one of the links of the chain I on the hook J.

It will be seen that ny new and improved gate, when used as a farn-gate, can thus be raised to any height, so as to divide small stock from larger stock, as will he, readily understood, and can always be raised so as to swing easily open when the ground is covered with snow, being raised until it will clear the surface of the snow, when it is secured by the chain in its adjusted position and can be swung open either way.

One of the most important features of this invention is that when the gate is thus suspended by placing the hook` at the center of the Width of the top of the post and employing the chain, as shown and described, the greater part of its weight is supported on the chain from the center of the post, and thus it will be impossible for the gate to sag forward at its top, which is a frequent annoyanee with, hinged gates. As comparatively little weight falls on the staples or eyebolts G G or upon the hinge rod or bar D, these parts will be worn but very little and will last for a long time, the principal wear falling upon the links of the chain, and as these are changed on the hook as the gate is adjusted up and down they will 'Wear but little.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1 The combination, with the post having the beveled upper end, the book secured in the said end at the center of its Width, and the hinges or eyebolts, of the gate, the hinge bar or rod having the threaded arms, the nuts on the same, and the upper perforated end and the adjusting-chain, substantially as and for the purpose' set forth.

2. The combination, with the 'post having ,the beveled longitudinal edges, the beveled upper end, the hinges or eyebolts, and the hook secured in the said upper end at the center of the same, of the gate having its rear post formed with the beveled edges and the transverse perforations, the hinge bar or rod having the threaded arms, the nuts on the same, and the upper perforated end and the adjusting-chain, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the post having the eyebolts, the hook secured in its upper end, and the gate having the transverse perforations, of the hinge bar or rod having the threaded' arms formed integral with it and having the perforated upper end and the adj usting-chain, substantially as set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v WILLIAM B. THOMAS. Witnesses:

J. E. DAVIDS, C. O. FISHER. 

